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My mother was first diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 29 when she had a psychotic break due to my father. He physically and mentally abused her for years. Although, she has told me that she has felt "different" since she was a teenager. Well, being the youngest child I had not truly realized what was going on with her nor had anyone told me. That was until I walked in on her, I was about 9 at the time,
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I am beyond stressed out. I constantly worry about her. When she goes out she refuses to tell me where she is going and I fixate on the fact that she may never come back. When she locks herself in her room I can not stop thinking that she may be in there
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Hello, nousername101, and welcome to Psych Central! I'm so sorry your mother is not taking care of herself. I assume she doesn't like the side effects of her meds. It would concern me, too, that she says now that she's not sick and so doesn't need medicating.
Does she have a psychiatrist? I suggest you call this doctor and tell him/her what's happening. If your mom is suicidal, then she can be involuntarily committed to a hospital and get treatment. Could you handle that? (I know it would be hard, but it would be for her own good.) |
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Hi and thank you. Yes, it seems that way. She often complains of how tired they make her feel. Although, from the outside looking in, the benefits of the medication strongly outweigh the bad. She has never viewed it that way though. She always finds "logical" reasons as to why she should not take them. As far as she has told me, she has been seeing her psychiatrist but when she is like this she lies about things like that a lot. So, I am uncertain as to whether she actually is. My gut tells me that she has not based on the state of mind that she is in/the way that she has been acting but who knows. I also have no idea which psychiatrist she sees.She has been involuntarily committed many times before due to her being a threat to herself. I have been trying to convince her to take her medicine because I am not sure whether I truly have it in me to commit her. I also question where to draw the line because it is a very fine one. I feel like this is a never ending cycle though. My whole entire life has just been her refusing to medicate, wanting to harm herself, and then her being committed. She does well for a little and then one day just stops again. It is a vicious cycle and I just wish that things were different. I have never been able to have a close relationship with my mother because of this and my father was never in the picture.
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I'm so sorry. How about calling a help line and talking to them about getting your mother committed? Who has done if before?
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